16-year-old girl drives into tree, suffers leg injury

Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013 7:45 p.m. CDT

A 16-year-old girl from Union suffered a minor leg injury after she drove off the road and struck a tree near the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and Swanson Road south of Woodstock, the McHenry County Sheriff's Office said.

The girl was going west at 4:26 p.m. Saturday on Pleasant Valley in a 1999 Mitsubishi when she drove onto the shoulder of the road on the right side for an unknown reason. She then over-corrected, crossed the oncoming lane and struck a tree, knocking it down, said Sgt. Dan Patenaude.